Glennon Michael Silliman, Thrift Exec

November 02, 1997

Glennon Michael Silliman, 53, a U.S. Navy veteran and account executive at Southern Pacific Thrift & Loan in Itasca, died Thursday in his Barrington home.

Mr. Silliman, a native of St. Louis, graduated from the business school at Southeast Missouri State University. After attending Navy flight school, he served as a maintenance officer at several bases, including the Glenview Naval Air Station. He retired from the service with the rank of captain.

Mr. Silliman was an owner for a time of Shell Oil gas stations and carwashes in Mt. Prospect, Gurnee, Des Plaines and Chicago. He later went to work for Southern Pacific Thrift & Loan.

A former resident of Palatine, he was one of the founders of the Immanuel Angels, a father-daughter group at Immanuel Lutheran Church in that suburb.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy; two daughters, Elizabeth and Courtney; his mother, Ann; two sisters; and a brother.